Horse-collar-stuffing machine.



R. & P. J. BROWNSON.

HORSE COLLAR STUPI'ING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED sHPT.ao. 1908.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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R. & P. J. BROWNSON.

HORSE COLLAR STUFIING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. so, 1908.

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RALPH BROWNSON .AND PERCY J. BROWNSON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-COLLAR-STUFFING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

Application filed September 30, 1908. Serial No. 455,399.

[ rim of the collar, and a slotted neck 9 at the Paul, in the county ofRamsey and State of Minnesota, l into the rim,

top to receive the collar neck 10. With the rim of the collar fittedinto the mold as indicated in Fig. 5, and the tube B extending theplunger, when reciprocated have invented certain new and useful Imi bythe eccentric 5, will carry the straw from proveniente inHorse-Collar-Stuiiing Maof which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in horse collar stufiing'machines, its object being to provide a combined mold and stuffingdevice for a horse collar rim whereby the rim will be properly shaped asit is being stuffed, and which will permit the use of long straw instuffing.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figurel is a side elevation of the stuffing machine; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the stufng plunger, shown partly broken away; Fig. 3 is atop view of the same; Fig. 4 is a cross section on line -m of Fig. 3;Fig. 5 is an end view of the mold with the collar rim in section; Fig. 6is a sectional view of a collar and hame; Fig. 7 is a perspective viewof part of the stuffing plunger, and Fig. S is a hori- Zontal sectionthrough the mold.

In the drawings A represents the framework of the machine. Supported bythe framework is a feed tube B with which is connected a hopper C forthe supply of straw. Slidable within the feed tube is a trough likeplunger D-preferably semi-circular in cross section. The forward end ofthe plunger terminates in a plurality of stepped teeth 2 progressivelyreduced in width and extended upwardly at their outer ends as shown inFig. 2. Arranged within the plunger are a plurality of hollowed ortrough shaped teeth 3, preferably curved as shown in Fig. 7 and formedwith forwardly and upwardly extending twin points 4. By reason of theform of the teeth long straws can be fed through the feed tube andthoroughly packed. The plunger is shown actuated by means of aneccentric 5 and rod 6,

E represents a mold formed with a narrowing passage 8 to receive andshape the l l l l the hopper C through the tube and into the rim. As therim is packed by the plunger it will be forced out of the narrowed endof the mold and be shaped in cross section by the curved walls of themold passage 8.

By reason of the improved form of hollowed tooth and plunger shownlonger straw can be used in this machine than in the ordinary stuffingapparatus. And by reason of the plunger and coperating mold the collarrim is tightly packed and properly shaped in cross section, and theextra work necessary to be done in shaping the rim in the ordinary wayof filling is avoided. Besides, a smaller amount of leather is requiredto make the rim than where the filling is not so firmly stuffed as it iswith the present construction.

We claim:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a llino tube, a plungersemicircular in cross sectionoslidable therein, and a plurality of teethsemicircular in cross section secured in said plunger.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a trough shaped plungerslidable therein and a plurality of trough shaped teeth fitted withinsaid plunger and having their side walls extending upwardly andrearwardly.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a mold formed with a taperedmold passage, a trough shaped filling tube extending into the larger endof said passage and a plurality of trough shaped teeth secured withinsaid plunger.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH BROWNSON. PERCY J. BROWNSON.

Witnesses ARTHUR P. LoTHRoP, HATTIE SMITH.

